Trumps WHO, climate orders bring challenges and opportunities for Africa, China

Johannesburg —  On inauguration day, U.S. President Donald Trump signed executive orders that set in motion the country’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Treaty as well as from the World Health Organization. While it may be some time before the broader impact of those moves will be clear, Cobus Van Staden, a China-Africa expert with the South African Institute for International Affairs, says one unintended consequence could be a shift in the global balance of power in these international institutions. “The U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization, from the Paris Accord weakens the voice that the U.S. had in

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